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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)25 years in industry

DONALD PETE PETERSON

Advisor at BALEFIRE, LLC

DALLAS, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 17, 2003 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: BALEFIRE, LLC
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jun 26, 2001earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 25derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 5
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Jun 26, 2001
First registration: Jun 17, 2003
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: PETE PETERSON
IAPD individual key: 4402496

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
BALEFIRE, LLC	Independent wealth	Jan 10, 2024	n/a	yes	DALLAS, TX	Current employment
BALEFIRE, LLC	Independent wealth	Nov 4, 2013	Dec 31, 2023	no	DALLAS, TX	Previous registration
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 9, 2013	Jun 29, 2022	no	DALLAS, TX\|SAN DIEGO, CA\|DES MOINES, IA\|DALLAS, TX	Previous registration
SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Feb 11, 2010	Oct 2, 2013	no	DALLAS, TX\|SIOUX FALLS, SD\|WEST DES MOINES, IA\|SIOUX FALLS, SD	Previous registration
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 17, 2003	Feb 3, 2010	no	SIOUX FALLS, SD\|SIOUX FALLS, SD	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	BALEFIRE, LLC	Jun 29, 2022	Nov 4, 2013	-3,159	Firm change after gap	Other
SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Oct 2, 2013	Oct 9, 2013	7	Firm change	Other
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.	SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Feb 3, 2010	Feb 11, 2010	8	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
6413:168733:TX:2022-06-22	Jun 29, 2022	Nov 4, 2013	DALLAS, TX	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ BALEFIRE, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 4, 2013 to Dec 31, 2023factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 9, 2013 to Jun 29, 2022factForm ADV
→ SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 11, 2010 to Oct 2, 2013factForm ADV
→ PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 17, 2003 to Feb 3, 2010factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jun 29, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Donald Pete Peterson left Lpl Financial Llc for Balefire, Llc (registered 2013-11-04)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:2359c70d-62a0-3d64-bbc7-e01b2b08ec20
First observed: Jun 17, 2003
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 5 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

DONALD PETE PETERSON

Advisor at BALEFIRE, LLC

DALLAS, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

BALEFIRE, LLC

Independent wealth

Jan 10, 2024

n/a

yes

DALLAS, TX

Current employment

BALEFIRE, LLC

Independent wealth

Nov 4, 2013

Dec 31, 2023

DALLAS, TX

Previous registration

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Oct 9, 2013

Jun 29, 2022

DALLAS, TX|SAN DIEGO, CA|DES MOINES, IA|DALLAS, TX

Previous registration

SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

Former SEC adviser

Feb 11, 2010

Oct 2, 2013

DALLAS, TX|SIOUX FALLS, SD|WEST DES MOINES, IA|SIOUX FALLS, SD

Previous registration

PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Jun 17, 2003

Feb 3, 2010

SIOUX FALLS, SD|SIOUX FALLS, SD

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

BALEFIRE, LLC

Jun 29, 2022

Nov 4, 2013

-3,159

Firm change after gap

Other

SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Oct 2, 2013

Oct 9, 2013

Firm change

Other

PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC.

SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

Feb 3, 2010

Feb 11, 2010

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

6413:168733:TX:2022-06-22

Jun 29, 2022

Nov 4, 2013

DALLAS, TX

Firm change after gap